Beyond a Reasonable Doubt

Today we finally got to find out if an empanelled jury of her peers was able to render a verdict of guilty on Casey Anthony. This thing had been going on for months. I mean was she guilty, a bad mother, a liar...what was she thinking of for 30 days as her child went missing? The questions after the verdict were more than the ones during the trial. In the final analysis, Casey was found not guilty of the death charges but guilty of being a liar. Duh?

I think we all knew that she was a liar. The real question was whether or not she was a killer too. In my mind and in the minds of many others, she just wasn't smart enough or gutsy enough to go through with the whole thing. In order to do this kind of deed you really have to have that special something that only a few possess.

On a brighter note, I view the whole Casey Anthony case as a metaphor for myself and people like me who are in business or are pursuing anything worth their time. When you are in business you are actually on trial on a daily basis. You have put yourself in a place where you are saying to the rest of the world that you are going to do this or that. Whether it is in the business of salvage, architecture or in my case Interior Design, we are all on trial for being guilty of practicing our trade. The pivotal question that needs to answered,. Is there enough evidence against you to find you guilty of being a business person or are you going to be found not guilty for lack of evidence?

Here is the case.

Can anyone say that it is beyond a shadow of doubt that you are what you say you are? Can they bring witnesses against you? Is there remains of your work? Are you GUILTY? Can they prove that you are a calculating, cold-blooded business man or woman. Can they search your phone logs, email, letters, tapes, friends who might have overheard you bragging about your latest JOB?

This is what it means to be guilty on all charges. If you are found stone cold, dead to rights guilty then maybe you need to decide whether or not you are in the right line of work.

It's like I told my kids, "Don't lie because you aint good at it." If you are gonna lie, cheat, steal then at least be good at it. In a twisted way there is alot of truth in this statement. If you are going to call yourself, a business person then at least be good at what you do or get good at it.

When I go before the judge and jury, I want to be found GUILTY on all counts.